Long-term outcomes of an endoscopic myotomy for achalasia: The POEM procedure

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 256, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 659-667

  Swanstrom, Lee L ^a,b   Kurian, Ashwin ^a,c   Dunst, Christy M ^a,b   Sharata, Ahmed ^a   Bhayani, Neil ^a,c   Rieder, Erwin ^a  

^a Oregon Clinic   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EARLE A CHILES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

achalasia; dysphagia; endoscopic; Heller myotomy; myotomy; POEM

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC MYOTOMY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC PH MONITORING; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MYOTOMY; NONCARDIAC CHEST PAIN; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATURAL ORIFICE ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84866530992     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31826b5212     Document Type: Conference Paper

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